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Fort Smith Couple Accused Of Distributing Meth

A Fort Smith man known to some as “Weenie” and his girlfriend remain jailed on drug charges after they were arrested with about seven pounds of methamphetamine and made an initial appearance in federal court.

William Joseph Alexander, 32, also known by the aliases “Weenie,” Sobee” and “Pitbull,” and his girlfriend, Rosa Sharon, 49, are both charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in U.S. District Court in Fort Smith.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Fort Smith Police began investigating Alexander after a “confidential source” told them Alexander was a methamphetamine supplier in Fort Smith, according to an arrest warrant affidavit, and Sharon was present during most transactions the source made with Alexander.

The confidential source told authorities he or she purchased 1 to 2 ounces of methamphetamine three or four times a week from Alexander from mid-September 2013 until mid-October 2013, when the source started purchasing 4 to 8 ounces once or twice a week for the next month. The most methamphetamine the confidential source ever saw at once in Alexander and Sharon’s home was 2 pounds.

The confidential source told investigators someone named “Oscar” might be the couple’s source for methamphetamine, according to the affidavit.

Oscar Giovanni Mejia-Veliz of Oklahoma City was indicted in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City on multiple drug charges in April, after DEA agents arrested him with more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine. A cell phone recovered from Mejia-Veliz showed he and Alexander communicated 86 times between March 1 and March 28, according to the affidavit.

Mejia-Veliz pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine on June 27, and awaits sentencing, according to the court docket.

In November, a “source of information” told investigators they picked up methamphetamine in Oklahoma for Alexander and heard Sharon speaking on the phone with the couple’s supplier. Another source told investigators they witnessed Sharon counting stacks of money at the couple’s residence, according to the affidavit.

After making a controlled buy from the Alexanders, DEA agents followed the couple from a location in Oklahoma to Fort Smith, where a Fort Smith police officer made a traffic stop and the vehicle was searched, yielding about seven pounds of methamphetamine, according to the affidavit. A subsequent search of the home revealed about 5 grams of methamphetamine, packaging material, scales and firearms.

Alexander admitted selling methamphetamine and receiving multiple pounds of the drug, according to the affidavit.

Sharon’s son, Ray Heredia, 20, was sitting in a vehicle outside the home, where he lived with Alexander and Sharon, when the search warrant was executed and was arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Heredia subsequently was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor possession of marijuana in Sebastian County Circuit Court and is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday.